A earthquake magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 103 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (64 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 04:49:42 / July 27, 2015 @ 4:49 am. Exact location, longitude -169.391° West, latitude 52.062° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:49:42 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Nikolski in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: at00ns4qqu. Ids that are associated to the event: at00ns4qqu. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 103 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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